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As it happened: Russia blocks Facebook and restricts Twitter access, stifling war coverage

Russia on Friday blocked Facebook and restricted access to Twitter as part of efforts to muffle dissent over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are set to hold a third round of the talks over the weekend as an attack on a nuclear plant in Ukraine triggered widespread condemnations.

France 24

Discrimination at the border: UN condemns racism against Africans fleeing Ukraine

Ukraine's government sets up a special hotline for Africans and other foreign students trying to make it out of the country amid Russia's invasion. Meanwhile, an international coalition of activists file an appeal to the United Nations over racism at the country's borders. We hear from the UN's Special Rapporteur…

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‘Worst is yet to come’ as Putin vows to bomb Ukraine ‘until the end’

Zelensky calls for face-to-face talks, telling Russian president: ‘I don’t bite’

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Latest Ukraine updates: US slams Russian nuclear plant attack

Ukraine-Russia news from March 4: At UNSC meeting, Ukrainian envoy accuses Russia of ‘nuclear terrorism’.

Al Jazeera

Russians advance towards Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency has urged military forces on the ground to refrain from violence near the site.

Al Jazeera

Early implications of Russia's invasion

Just one week after his military invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has found some truisms of warfare the hard way. Once war starts, the fog that accompanies it and the friction that it creates lead to unanticipated and unintended outcomes. Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, borne out…

Bangkok Post

Women of change

To commemorate International Women's Day on March 8, the United Nations announced that "Gender Equality Today For A Sustainable Tomorrow" would be the theme of this year's celebrations. In the spotlight would be recognising the selfless actions of women and girls around the world who fight for a sustainable future.…

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Why isn’t global interconnectedness halting war?

The Russian actions open the door to reinvent multilateral institutions that have been failing

The Hindu

Russian forces open fire in battle for Ukrainian nuclear plant with tanks storming town

Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said in online posts today that the forces had taken control of the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Daily Mirror

Ukraine and Russia latest headlines on Thursday evening after Putin address and peace talks fail

The latest situation on Ukraine as next round of peace talks fail

Manchester Evening News

Ardern's response to Ukraine invasion is too cautious

New Zealand now finds itself standing virtually alone among western countries in having applied few meaningful economic sanctions against Russia.

Newsroom.co.nz

USAID chief stresses need for humanitarian access in Ukraine

Samantha Power says world will need to press Russia to allow humanitarian aid into Ukrainian towns, cities under attack.

Al Jazeera

Putin has a history of atrocities. Just how far will Russian forces go in Ukraine?

We have already seen indiscriminate use of cluster munitions, and the firing of ballistic missiles and rocket artillery, says Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine evening latest: Russian forces bid to cut country off from the sea as talks reconvene

Talks between the two countries have reconvened

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Watch: ITV journalist interrupted by explosions during report from Kyiv

‘Sorry I’m just pausing, we’re hearing a rumble of explosions around us,’ he said

The Conversation

Five key points in the IPCC report on climate change impacts and adaptation

The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) looks at the impacts, adaptation and vulnerabilities associated with the climate crisis, and we are three of the 270 scientists and researchers who wrote it. The document reports stark new findings on the way current global warming of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Forces Seize Key Ukrainian Port, Ukraine Refugee Count Tops 1 Million

Russian forces captured a strategic Ukrainian port and besieged another Thursday in a bid to cut the country off from the sea, as the two sides met for another round of talks aimed at stopping the fighting that has set off an exodus of over 1 million refugees. Meanwhile, Ukrainian…

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UN Concerned About Reports of Cluster Bombs in Ukraine

The UN human rights chief said Thursday military operations in Ukraine are “escalating further as we speak” and warned of “concerning reports” of the use of cluster bombs. Michelle Bachelet said the Ukrainian town of Volnovakha in the eastern Donetsk region, where pro-Russian separatists seized territory in 2014, leading to…

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NZ agri-business in denial as lab-produced meat offers climate alternative

The industry argues it is world-leading because it produces low methane per kg of milk solids and meat compared with global competitors. But it’s not doing enough to reduce methane

The Conversation

Hundreds of millions of microplastic particles could be flowing into UK rivers, hidden in raw sewage

Microplastics are everywhere. Snow close to the peak of Mount Everest was found to contain on average 30 microplastic particles per litre. And 11,000m below sea level, in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, an average of 2,200 microplastic particles per litre of sediment were found.

The Independent UK

US says it is still considering India sanctions after it abstained in UN vote on Ukraine

Senior US diplomat says Biden administration hopes ‘India will find it’s now time to further distance itself’ from Russia

The Conversation

Putin's Ukraine invasion: Do declarations of war still exist?

When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, that Russia was beginning military action in Ukraine, he was echoing a tradition older than Russia itself. Throughout history, the practice of issuing statements announcing hostilities has marked the point where conventional politics ends and deadly…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Approaching Nuclear Bomb Yardstick as Enriched Uranium Stock Grows

The stock of enriched uranium amassed by Iran in breach of its 2015 nuclear deal is growing to the point that its most highly-enriched material is most of the way to a common bomb yardstick, a report by the UN nuclear watchdog showed on Thursday. The amount in the quarterly…

Bangkok Post

Humanity at risk from nuclear threat over Ukraine: UN

The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday slammed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, warning millions there were seeing their rights trampled, while the rising nuclear threat put all humanity at risk.

Daily Mirror

Who sides with Russia against Ukraine as Putin's allies and fence-sitters are exposed

Many countries are walking a political tightrope over relations with Russia and Ukraine - with some supporting President Zelensky, others defending Putin's actions and those trying to stay neutral

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